NeNe Leakes is reportedly on course to make beaucoup bucks from her return to ‘The Real Housewives of Atlanta.’
How much?
Think $2.5 million.
RadarOnline.com has exclusively learned that she’s been offered $2.5 million to return next season.
NeNe is always a ratings plus for the show,” a insider explained. “And the producers want to make sure the show stays strong. The reason it stays strong is NeNe, so they’re throwing money at her.”
The RHOA reunion show is still airing, but the source told Radar that Bravo execs want to ensure that Leakes continues to be a part of the show, because their new casting didn’t pan out this season.
“Kim [Fields] was not good,” the insider insisted. “The show needed NeNe to make her interesting, and they know that.”
“She will string the Bravo people along forever in order to cash in. She’s no dummy.”
For this amount let’s hope Leakes is willing to offer something new to the series because, when one takes the success of its last season into consideration, ‘Atlanta’ doesn’t always need the entertainer to work.
Should she deliver a ratings-pulling storyline (positive or not) the reported $2.5 million she’d pick up would be money well spent for Bravo. However, if her comeback will only see her observe and weigh in on storylines led by others, that money may be better spent on poaching two of ‘Married to Medicine‘s ladies to breathe new life and an authentic taste of Atlanta into the series.